Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: brothers4thID
but it gave the Congress the chance at a vote, something they would not have had before (with this lawless president)

The vote was rigged to subvert the margin of votes needed for a treaty so that the votes required to defeat the vote was the same as required to adopt the treaty. Just opposite of what you think.

So my question is: why are we always decrying the Congress for not stopping Obama but then pissing and moaning about the one thing they actually tried to stop him?

That fake vote assured they could not stop it just opposite of what you seem to believe. Crooked politicians have made the art of deception their best tool for making money and keeping their teat sucking positions.

871 posted on 01/03/2016 5:56:54 PM PST by itsahoot (Anyone receiving a Woo! Woo! for President has never won anything after the award.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 861 | View Replies ]


To: itsahoot

Guess why electing lesser evils is a bad idea.

Answer: your post explains it exactly.

“Crooked politicians have made the art of deception their best tool for making money and keeping their teat sucking positions.”

Exactly.


872 posted on 01/03/2016 6:01:19 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 871 | View Replies ]

To: itsahoot

See, again, the infallible logic of actually having a vote and fighting to stop the deal, by any means necessary, is completely lost on folks who either cannot understand the process or simply refuse to believe it.

No Corker = no vote in Congress. Deal is signed by Obama in (illegal) executive action

Corker= requires both Senate and House to vote to STOP the bill (the opposite of the usual vote for affirmation). However, includes language requiring full text of the bill to be made available and requires a House vote instead of the usual Senate only vote. House Freedom Caucus was already working against the the Iran deal from the moment Corker was signed into law. Obama thought he’d pulled one over on the Congress and the American people, but what he did was give Congress the bully pulpit back and the ability to bring the issue before the people.


890 posted on 01/03/2016 8:21:38 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 871 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson